Buzzing Corner

With the Lent Season approaching, king cake, beads, and masks keep popping up in grocery stores, party stores, and on TV announcing the arrival of a PARTY!- you might be confused with the party in Brazil versus New Orleans. Outlined below are the key the difference in Carnival and Mardi […]

With the cold weather setting in, sometimes it is hard to do anything outside. Even the act of bundling up seems too burdensome against the bitter cold. Even board games, puzzles, and movies start getting repetitive. Parents and kids both start getting cabin fever. To shake up the mundane, listed […]

Have fun learning about Martin Luther King with your kid(s). Checkout these three various activities to recognize Martin Luther King. 1. Place important Martin Luther King life events in order. 2. Watch the MLK Dream Speech. 3. Have your child write their answers to the following questions. I have a […]

Our main mission at ZigZag Explorer is to bring diversity and culture to our children. Since September, we have expanded our products into classrooms and daycares. We have adhered to classroom curriculums or introduced a new holidays. Making diyas for India’s Diwali or Italy’s La Befana for Feast of Epiphany […]

History of New Years The history of New Years stems all back to 46 B.C.E with the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. Caesar established the Julian calendar. He dedicated the first month, January, to the Roman god of doors and gates, Janus. Janus had two faces, one forward and one backward. […]

Happy New Year! Celebrating with Kids! In a couple of days, we will be saying goodbye to 2017 and hello to 2018. However with kids, many parents have traded in their dancing shoes for slippers and early bedtime. Finding a babysitter also adds to the challenge of attending an adult […]

We, here at ZigZag Explorer, want to wish you all a Merry Christmas! Please take a moment with your family to discuss the origin of this celebration. In our family growing up on this day, we always sang Happy Birthday to Jesus Christ. This tradition persists today. A fun way […]